Re: Kanna Helped Me
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:32 am
Thats incredible, looks like it has seen the years, hah. Japanese love very disfigured looking trees that show a hard life.
Pine trees, specifically black pine, have their candles trimmed annually right around June, this simulates the effect of harsh coastal winds breaking the candles. They also reduce the whirl down to two shoots every fall, this helps the tree maintain only compact and tight growth, which would be the result of harsh conditions. Some go as far as scarring the early bark to help it to become older looking earlier. I know mountain pines are treated in a similar fashion to simulate their harsh lives.
So, to bring it back to the discussion, Japanese gardening really seems to revolve around making very old looking trees that aren't that old and haven't really lived a harsh life (unless annual pruning is actually harsh). It's amazing to me how similar the art duplicates the real thing ( that cherry).
Pine trees, specifically black pine, have their candles trimmed annually right around June, this simulates the effect of harsh coastal winds breaking the candles. They also reduce the whirl down to two shoots every fall, this helps the tree maintain only compact and tight growth, which would be the result of harsh conditions. Some go as far as scarring the early bark to help it to become older looking earlier. I know mountain pines are treated in a similar fashion to simulate their harsh lives.
So, to bring it back to the discussion, Japanese gardening really seems to revolve around making very old looking trees that aren't that old and haven't really lived a harsh life (unless annual pruning is actually harsh). It's amazing to me how similar the art duplicates the real thing ( that cherry).